Can't believe this is posted. I received the double cassette set for my 6th birthday. This album is THE standard for the Purim Story for children (and adults!). The album is a work of brilliance: The adaptations from Gemara and Midrash, the voices, the emotion capturing, and most of all the culture references, the beautiful songs, all make this album an absolute masterpiece and necessity in any Jewish home. I play this for my kids yearly and am very proud that they are beginning to recite parts of the album by heart! Kirsch and Rudolph et al have made an indelible mark on chinuch.
Thank you so much for posting this! Every year since 8th grade I check to see if someone has posted the PURIM STORY on youtube....and finally in my first year in Med School..someone posted it!! Thank you again! Happy Purim!
מקסים, בעלי גדל על הסיפור ושמח למצוא אותו סוף סוף! הוא השמיע לי אותו ואהבתי ממש! (למרות שאני לא ילדה) והילדים שלי התגלגלו מצחוק. הבנתי שיש עוד סיפורים שלהם, יש לך אפשרות להשיג אותם?
Thanks for posting this! My favourite song is "We can do teshuva!" Question: I've love to use that piece of soundtrack for a teshuva shiur I'm recording. Does anyone know how I can get permission to do that? From whom?
Hi Efraim, please contact us for rights and permissions. We would be happy to work with you. The Purim Story was initially created under the ToraVision label by Rabbi Yossi Kirsch and Sruly Greenwald. Today, we are known as Professor Torah.
These tapes are quite openly based on a variety of Midrashim. The Midrashim that cast Vashti in a negative light were included in the Babylonian Talmud, dating back to about 500 CE. The Jerusalem Talmud, which dates to 350 CE and is generally considered slightly less authoritative, paints Vashti in a much less negative light-- although it still says that her untimely end was a heavenly punishment for sin. You can read more about the different depictions of Vashti across Talmudic texts here: jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/vashti-midrash-and-aggadah Ultimately, reading Vashti as a villain is based on a tradition that is centuries old. That does not invalidate the plain reading of the text, from which it is easy to see Vashti as a victim. But given the nature of this particular recording-- clearly intended for children and based heavily on midrash-- I think choosing this reading was reasonable. For children, getting into the question as to whether Vashti was really a villain or victim would be confusing and would distract from the main point of the Purim story.
my kids and I have loved this video for years and we have listened to this for 7(!!!!!!!!!!) consecutive years and i wpuld give it 10 stars if I could
We are happy it is being enjoyed by so many generations!
Can't believe this is posted. I received the double cassette set for my 6th birthday. This album is THE standard for the Purim Story for children (and adults!). The album is a work of brilliance: The adaptations from Gemara and Midrash, the voices, the emotion capturing, and most of all the culture references, the beautiful songs, all make this album an absolute masterpiece and necessity in any Jewish home. I play this for my kids yearly and am very proud that they are beginning to recite parts of the album by heart! Kirsch and Rudolph et al have made an indelible mark on chinuch.
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Grew up on this!
Thank you so much for posting this! Every year since 8th grade I check to see if someone has posted the PURIM STORY on youtube....and finally in my first year in Med School..someone posted it!! Thank you again! Happy Purim!
This is the best purim story ever told I listened as a little kid and now I'm playing it 15 year's later for my younger siblings
I used to listen to this when I was a kid 20 y ago, awesome!!!
47:00 best song “here comes haman”
Shoot UA-cam won't let me "like" it twice
The downvotes must be other descendants of Agag.
This is ABSOLUTELY brilliant.
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Purim 2019 : first time I ever listened to the Purim story... unforgettable 🕊.
It is the best purim story in the world!!!!
Thanks for posting the purim story It's told very well I'm listen to this since I was a kid and now my kids are listening to this story
I just listened to it and it was the best of course
best purim story ever! we listen to this every year and couldn't find it this year so we are so happy its posted on you tube!
Wow thank you for putting this up! 👏👏👏
Thank you for posting!!
מקסים, בעלי גדל על הסיפור ושמח למצוא אותו סוף סוף! הוא השמיע לי אותו ואהבתי ממש! (למרות שאני לא ילדה) והילדים שלי התגלגלו מצחוק. הבנתי שיש עוד סיפורים שלהם, יש לך אפשרות להשיג אותם?
LOL this is how I read stuff in school with random accents
So happy I found this someone should make a compilation of the songs ! It's so so so so so good my childhood
That is a great idea, and something we will work on!
Have a amazing PURIM
The Esther my child song gets me every child!
Same here.
Same here...
Thank you for posting this ive always loved this cd HAPPY PURIM
Thank you so much really appreciate it 👍👍
Love it
it is sososososo good
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we love it
Thanks for posting this! My favourite song is "We can do teshuva!" Question: I've love to use that piece of soundtrack for a teshuva shiur I'm recording. Does anyone know how I can get permission to do that? From whom?
Hi Efraim, please contact us for rights and permissions. We would be happy to work with you. The Purim Story was initially created under the ToraVision label by Rabbi Yossi Kirsch and Sruly Greenwald. Today, we are known as Professor Torah.
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`i love your vids even though i only watched 1
its just 2 people doing ALL the voices?
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Laurel and hardy!
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I question the versions of stories that malign Vashti and Lilith.
These tapes are quite openly based on a variety of Midrashim. The Midrashim that cast Vashti in a negative light were included in the Babylonian Talmud, dating back to about 500 CE. The Jerusalem Talmud, which dates to 350 CE and is generally considered slightly less authoritative, paints Vashti in a much less negative light-- although it still says that her untimely end was a heavenly punishment for sin. You can read more about the different depictions of Vashti across Talmudic texts here: jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/vashti-midrash-and-aggadah
Ultimately, reading Vashti as a villain is based on a tradition that is centuries old. That does not invalidate the plain reading of the text, from which it is easy to see Vashti as a victim. But given the nature of this particular recording-- clearly intended for children and based heavily on midrash-- I think choosing this reading was reasonable. For children, getting into the question as to whether Vashti was really a villain or victim would be confusing and would distract from the main point of the Purim story.
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